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Fox factory, Inc. v. The Superior Court of Santa Clara County, Peter Isherwood, Real Party in Interest

Petitioner Fox Factory, Inc., doing business as Fox Racing Shox (Fox), is the
defendant in an action for personal injuries brought in Santa Clara County by plaintiff
and real party in interest Peter Isherwood. Fox moved to dismiss or stay plaintiff’s
lawsuit under the doctrine of forum non conveniens, but the superior court denied the
motion, citing authority requiring California t

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United States of America v. Anthony Nieto Federal Courthouse - Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuqerque, NM - Nambe Pueblo Man Sentenced for Assaulting Intimate Partner

Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women4

Anthony Nieto, 29, an enrolled member of Nambe Pueblo who resides in Zuni, N.M., was sentenced in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 18 months in prison followed by three years of sup

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Cecilia Ochoa v. Anaheim City School District

INTRODUCTION
The federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 mandated that states
establish accountability systems, requiring that all schools make “adequate yearly
progress” (AYP). (Pub.L. No. 107-110 (Jan. 8, 2002) 115 Stat. 1425.) California later
enacted the Parent Empowerment Act of 2010 (Ed. Code, §§ 53300-53303) (the Act)
which allows parents of children in poor-performing

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STATE OF OHIO vs. GIOVANNI WRIGHT Howard County Bloods Gang Member Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison In Racketeering Conspiracy

The record shows that on March 28, 2010, at approximately 12:15
a.m., police officers were dispatched to 506 East 12th Street in the Pendleton area of
Cincinnati. At that time, Pendleton was a high-crime area, with a lot of drug
trafficking and violence.
{¶3} Cincinnati police officer Richard Longworth arrived on the scene to
find an SUV that had rolled back and hit anot

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Neil J. Neumann v. American Railcard Industries, Inc.

St. Louis, MO - Neil J. Neumann sued American Railcard Industries, Inc. on a Family Medical Leave Act violation theory under 29 U.S.C. 2617.

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STATE OF MISSOURI vs. JOHN H. HARRIS II Sex Offender

Appellant was charged as a prior offender with one count of first-degree child
molestation and one count of first-degree statutory sodomy resulting from incidents in August
1 All subsequent statutory citations are to RSMo (Cum. Supp. 2012), unless otherwise indicated.
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2014 and October 2014. His jury trial commenced on March 2

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Michael Tisius v. State of Missouri

In 2000, Mr. Tisius was charged with two counts of murder in the first degree,
section 565.020.1 The charges arose after Mr. Tisius shot and killed two deputies, Leon
Egley and Jason Acton, at the Randolph County jail. Mr. Tisius shot the deputies in an
attempt to help his former cellmate, Roy Vance, escape from the jail. A jury convicted
Mr. Tisius of both counts and senten

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MARVIN A. STANTON V. STATE OF ARKANSAS

On September 25, 2015, Stanton and the victim, Jesse Hamilton, confronted each
other at a Raceway gas station in Texarkana, Arkansas. While the testimony of the State’s
witnesses differed significantly from Stanton’s testimony regarding the circumstances, the
parties agree that the confrontation escalated into a fight that ended when Stanton shot
Hamilton with a handgun, causin

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Save Our Heritage Organisation v. City of San Diego

No appearance for Defendants and Respondents City of San Diego et al.
Plaza de Panama Committee (the Committee) appeals from an order denying its
motion for attorney fees under Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5.1 The Committee
filed the motion after it successfully appealed a judgment granting a petition for writ of
mandamus filed by Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO), in w

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The State of Texas v. Eric Wayne Donaldson

On March 5, 2014, a Hays County grand jury indicted Donaldson in cause number
CR-14-0122 for two offenses: credit card abuse committed against an elderly individual, see Tex.
Penal Code § 32.31(b), (d), and fraudulent use or possession of identifying information of less than
five items committed against an elderly individual, see id. § 32.51(b)(1), (c)(1), (c-1)(1).
On November 5,

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In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of SHAYNE THOMAS Sex Offender

The material facts are undisputed. In 2006, Thomas was convicted of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and attempted rape. He was subsequently sentenced to 100 months in prison. Prior to his release from prison in 2014, the State filed a petition in district court seeking a determination that Thomas is a sexually violent predator and requesting that he be involuntarily committed to the sex

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United States of America v. Jason Shiao, a/k/a "Zhen Yi Xiao" Federal Courthouse - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA - Imposter Attorney Sentenced to Prison in Marriage Fraud Scheme

A Santa Fe Springs man who posed as an attorney as part of an elaborate immigration fraud scheme in which at least 87 foreign nationals – mostly Chinese citizens – paid tens of thousands of dollars to be “married” to United States citizens was sentenced today to two years in federal prison.

Jason Shi

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STATE OF KANSAS v. DAVID DARREL WILLIAMS

About dusk on September 13, 2012, KBI Special Agent Michael Lind met with a confidential informant to set up a purchase of methamphetamine from Williams. The informant arranged a meeting with Williams during a telephone call in which Williams gave the informant directions to his location. After the call, Lind drove with the informant to meet Williams.

As Lind and the informant reached

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JUAN DAVID RODRIGUEZ vs. STATE OF FLORIDA

The instant case is Juan David Rodriguez’s second successive
postconviction appeal. “Juan David Rodriguez was convicted of first-degree
murder, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit a felony, attempted armed robbery,
armed burglary with an assault, aggravated assault, and attempted first-degree


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murder.” Rodriguez v. State (Rodriguez I), 609 So. 2d 493, 49

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Mark Groba v. German American Farm Mutual Insurance Company Harris County Courthouse - Houston, Texas

This is an appeal from a take-nothing judgment in favor of German American Farm Mutual Insurance Company on Mark Groba’s claims for breach of contract, violation of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, and unfair insurance settlement practices. On appeal, Groba challenges the legal and factual sufficiency
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of the evidence to support the jury’s verdict that German American did not violate th

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Nautilus, Inc. v. Chao Chen Yang

INTRODUCTION
Nautilus, Inc. (Nautilus), obtained a judgment against Stanley Kuo Hua
Yang, and recorded an abstract of judgment against real property on which Stanley and
his brother, Peter Chun Hua Yang, held title.1
Stanley and Peter transferred title on the
property to their father, Chao Chen Yang, who obtained a reverse mortgage loan on the
property from Security One Le

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JAMES E. WRIGHT, JR. vs. STATE OF IOWA Judge Overturns Murder Conviction in 2000 Iowa Pub Shooting

In State v. Heemstra, 721 N.W.2d 549, 558 (Iowa 2006), the supreme
court held willful injury cannot serve as the predicate felony for felony murder “if
the act causing willful injury is the same act that causes the victim’s death.” The
court limited application of this new rule “only to the present case and those
cases not finally resolved on direct appeal in which the issue h

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Citizens For Beach Rights v. City of San Diego

In 2006, the City of San Diego (City) obtained a Site Development Permit (SDP)
to construct a new lifeguard station on Mission Beach. The SDP stated that failure to
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utilize the permit within 36 months of its issuance would automatically void the permit.
Over the ensuing years, the City worked to secure a permit from the California Coastal
Commission (Commission) and to obtai

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STATE OF LOUISIANA V. MARLON FRANK THOMAS

On October 18, 2011, two masked men entered the Lake Charles, Louisiana, apartment of the victim, Bradford Jacobs, demanding money. A fight ensued, and the victim was shot in the back. The victim survived but was unable to identify the perpetrators.1 DNA evidence retrieved from a glove found at the scene linked Defendant to the crime.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Defendant was charged by grand jury

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STATE OF LOUISIANA V. JOSHUA X. GRIFFIN

Around 9:00 p.m. on April 13, 2011, Andre Porter (Porter), Dontrez Banks (Banks), and Defendant met at Paul’s Truck Stop in Leesville, Louisiana. Sometime around then, the three men discussed going to Perry’s residence north of Rosepine initially for the purpose of stealing some marijuana. All three men then proceeded down Highway 171 (Hwy 171) towards Perry’s residence in Porter’s vehicle. At som

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United States of America v. Robert S. Rosebrock Federal Courthouse - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA - Army Vet Found Not Guilty On Federal Misdemeanor Charge

The United States of America charged Robert S. Rosbrock with hanging an American flag on the fence of a VA facility in Los Angeles.

A VA statute bans people from posting “placards” or other materials on a VA property, except when authorized by the head of the facility.

Rosebrock served in the Army

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United States of America v. Marlin Caceres-Guerrero Federal Courthouse - New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans, LA - Honduran National Pleads Guilty to Illegal Reentry

Marlin Caceres-Guerrero, age 26, a native of Honduras, pled guilty to a one-count Indictment charging him with illegal entry of a removed alien.

According to the court documents, CACERES-GUERRERO was previously removed from the United States on May 3, 2013. He was later found in the Eastern District of Louisiana

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee, v. WILFREDO RODRÍGUEZ-ROSADO, a/k/a La Gorda, a/k/a Mogoyo, a/k/a Pitin, a/k/a Mogo United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit

In May 2010, Rodríguez pled guilty to participating in
a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute between fifteen
and fifty kilograms of cocaine. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1),
841(b)(1)(A)(ii), 846. Rodríguez, who was an American Airlines
employee at the time, utilized commercial flights to transport
large amounts of cocaine from Puerto Rico to the continental Unite

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McDermott Will & Emery, LLP v. Richard P. Hausman, Sr.

In this original proceeding, we consider several issues relating to a
confidential attorney-client communication, including (1) whether the client waived the
attorney-client privilege by disclosing the communication to third parties, and
(2) whether the trial court erred in disqualifying the law firm that represented one of
those third parties because its attorneys failed to notify

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San Angelo Community Medical Center v. Kelly Nelson San Angelo Community Medical Center

Nelson sued SACMC contending that an ultrasound technician inappropriately
exposed and touched her during an ultrasound examination of her lower extremities. To support her
negligence claims against SACMC and to satisfy Chapter 74’s expert-report requirement, Nelson 2
submitted reports from a hospital administrator and a psychiatrist. SACMC filed objections to
Nelson’s expert rep

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